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Lil Nas X has come a long way.
On Friday, the rapper released his new single and video тАЬSun Goes DownтАЭ, the follow-up to his hit тАЬMontero (Call Me By Your Name)тАЭ.
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With the songтАЩs more emotionally vulnerable tone, the video takes Lil Nas X back to high school where he reflects not he struggles he faced as a teenager.
in the тАЬsun goes downтАЭ video i go back in time to visit a younger version self whoтАЩs struggling inside, hating himself, & doesnтАЩt want to live anymore. i try my best to uplift him. canтАЩt wait to share this song and video with you guys on friday. this one is really special to me. pic.twitter.com/Ff9lxHwn44
тАФ nope ? (@LilNasX) May 16, 2021
тАЬSince ten, I been feelinтАЩ lonely / Had friends but they was pickinтАЩ on me / Always thinkinтАЩ why my lips so big / Was I too dark? Can they sense my fears?тАЭ he┬аraps. тАЬThese gay thoughts would always haunt me / I prayed God would take it from me / ItтАЩs hard for you when youтАЩre fightinтАЩ / And nobody knows it when youтАЩre silent.
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On Twitter, fans reacted in kind to the emotional new track.
Me after listening to sun goes down by lil nas x pic.twitter.com/zECl1brhMT
тАФ Knucks ITS MY BIRTHDAY (@FullMetalKnucks) May 21, 2021
can’t believe i just woke up and listened to Sun Goes Down by Lil Nas X and it got me like: pic.twitter.com/WgEzfBpJTf
тАФ David Stephen (@DavStephen1) May 21, 2021
just listened to sun goes down by lil nas x and experincing repressed memories of queerphobia pic.twitter.com/h0PEA1qMT6
тАФ JUSTICE FOR BLACK LIVES (@ardennTV) May 21, 2021
The new release also comes ahead of Lil Nas X performing as the musical guest this weekend on GlobalтАЩs тАЬSaturday Night LiveтАЭ season finale, airing May 22 at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT.
